Cat fish preservation in Assam - hardly a fish that needs conservation!

What are catfish? What is its current condition in India? How is it beneficial to farmers? What are the problems faced in the process of preservation of catfish? It is becoming harder to obtain broodstock because of diminishing natural resources and no one is rearing these fish. Thai Mangoor fish are being reared instead, which are harmful to our environment and the government has already banned the rearing of this fish. So, we should not rear these fish and should rear the Indian Catfish instead because it is a very useful fish. It has good quality flesh and it does not have many bones. It just has one main bone in the centre. It is kept alive in the markets before selling, which is why one is assured of the good quality of the meat and has a very good value. One can even rear catfish in little water, in small ponds, in ponds where other fish cannot be reared or in ponds with less sunlight. One can also earn a large amount of money by selling these fish. It is slightly tough to obtain catfish eggs, but every farmer can rear catfish. There are catfish breeding centres where eggs can be obtained in June or July. One can put 40,000 to 60,000 eggs per hectare. One can feed them by mixing 50 percent fish meal with 50 percent rice, after boiling. It is better to feed them at night, because these fish tend to eat at night. If you feed them at night, they grow well. In 6-8 months, they become suitable for selling. In a year, each fish becomes approximately 100-150 grams. If they are looked after properly, 40,000 to 60,000 fish per hectare weigh approximately 4-5 tonnes. If this happens, one farmer can earn 1.5 to 2 lacs a year. What diseases can afflict these fish and how does one cure them? If they are looked after properly, they do not contract diseases. In winter, one should put 250 kilograms of lime per hectare in the pond and the water in the pond should be changed if the water turns green in colour. If they do, however, contract a disease, 10 mg. wide spectrum fungicide and 5 mg. antibiotics should be mixed into their food. They can survive in one foot of water. The cat fish is an Indian fish. It is called a cat fish because it has whiskers and it can walk on the ground. It can derive oxygen from the air from outside water also A case is being made out for conservation of the indigenous Catfish species of India, as opposed to encouraging the breeding of exotic varieties. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com